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The fact N64 games are behind a subscription is what really irks me. I wouldn’t mind paying €5 for Harvest Moon 64 - the way you could buy retro games on the wii - but having to pay yearly, for a bunch of games (many of which I might not even be interested in) that you can’t play anymore once you stop paying? Fuck that
I dislike game subscription services on principle, but at least the other guys have new games on their subscription services, not just ancient ones. Nintendo being the first to charge $80 makes it an extra kick in the balls.
Devil’s advocate here, I subscribe to movie services that are much more expensive to watch movies I’ve already seen. If playing these old games is important to me, that doesn’t seem too bad. $80 for Mario kart on the other hand… never.
I’m all 3 here.
Soon it will be Gamecube games as well. I guess Pooh will be just a little less old in the third panel.
I love my original GameCube. Still have it hooked up to an old tube TV and there’s a lot of nostalgia around putting the little mini-CD in and booting it up. But it’s so much easier to fire up dolphin.
I got a Steam Deck recently and have been surprised at how well the 6th (GC, PS2, Xbox) and 7th (Wii, PS3, 360) generations can be emulated now compared to a few years ago. I hadn’t messed with emulating systems past 5th gen (N64, PS1, Saturn) for many years. It’s wild to me that I can smoothly emulate Dragon’s Crown, a PS4 game I currently have on my PS5, on the Steam Deck if I want, although I chose the PS3 one for less power needed since they’re pretty much identical. Even given it’s a less demanding 2D game, emulating a PS4 is impressive.
One day I’ll play crystal chronicles in coop on my GameCube with my gameboy advanced so and it will be glorious
I’m 4.
I also have the Famicom mini.
Nah, that qualifies as panel 2. It’s emulation.
i had an nes emulator on my ericsson phone in 2005. good times.
What necromancy must be cast for me to say I still have my woodgrain Atari 2600?
Is it bad if I’m all 3 of these?
Well yes, if you are paying Nintendo to rent games you already own physical copies of.
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I’ll stay on Switch 1 and steam deck until there is a significant drop.
The Switch never went down in price after 8 years and neither did the games. I don’t think that’s happening until Nintendo makes a console that can’t run Switch 2 games.
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That’s true.
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Me too. I feel gross giving Nintendo money, but at least I split a family plan with a bunch of friends
And a JPN N64 to play import games without having to drill out the region lock blocks!
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FU for old pooh. I still got my nes from 87
i hung on to every single console my family had growing up!
I’ve got some cartridge from Ukraine with an SD slot in it. You can load the SD card with every ROM and then play them directly off an N64
This is great because for some reason emulators have problems with Dr. Mario but the N64 runs the ROM just fine
Krikizz Everdrive! They are awesome on every system I have them for, snes, gbc, gba, and n64. They can be picky about the sd card you use but work flawlessly once you have the right one.
Yeah that’s the one. Guess I was lucywith my SD card pick (can’t remember, maybe got the card with the unit?) but it’s been rock solid since I got it.
Nothing beats playing all the games on original hardware imo!
For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet…emulation is so great.
I got a little emulation console for £120 (Retroid Pocket 4 pro, see my post history) 2 months ago and haven’t touched my Steam Deck or gaming PC since. Highly recommended.
🐻❄️ | Rented N64 from Blockbusters
It was so nice being able to rent games and never having to pay a subscription
Can’t confirm. Still have a working NES, SNES, and N64 from childhood. Not even 40 yet. My grey hair and wrinkles are still confined to my testicles for the time being.
Panel 3, that’s me right there.
Yes, I have several working controllers. Including a couple of spares, unused, still sealed.
Lucky. I have my PS3, and I’m having a horrible time finding decent replacement controllers. You can’t use the new DualShocks, and compatible controllers you can buy are built so cheaply they don’t work very well.
Buy ~25 games new when they come out for the N64. Amortize that out over the next 25-30 years. Thus spending $50 a year playing N64 games.
Is this how accounting works?
I forget which nintendo console it is, but emulating’s actually MORE accurate than the console since some ceramic thing is degrading in it. I think its the NES but don’t quote me on it. Was one of the reasons TAS verification was failing on actual hardware when it had previously passed.
SNES. The sound chip slightly degrades, and since the CPU waits to sync with it, the overall timing of the system is affected.
Rude.
I feel bad bc I acquired one a long time ago but my cartridge collection is weak.
My collection isn’t huge either. I still have my original from the 90s, but I haven’t added much to my library since then.
The prices are insane.
what about those who use a flash cart, such as Everdrive?
